The following complementary activities will be provided to capacity build the beneficiaries of the scholarships (PhD and MSc students, ECA, Supervisors and Interns).
- Five short courses will be designed and delivered online yearly
- Atleast one PhD Academies will be organized in year 2
- Quarterly Seminars will be organized by of each of the participating universities.
- Annual workshops will be organized within each of the participating universities.
- Sub regional conference: Two sub-regional workshops will be organized in year 2, one in English speaking and another in French speaking countries.
- Regional conference: One regional conference will be organized in year 3
- Online Training of supervisors: Three online training of supervisors will take place annually.
- Face-to-face training of supervisors and experience sharing will take place in year 2 and 3
- PhD Students Mentoring: Each PhD students will be assigned a mentor to support them.
The funds will be disbursed as follows;
- Tuition fees - to be disbursed annually to the university’s finance department.
- Research expenses - to be disbursed quarterly based on individual student’s work plan and progress
- Training and capacity building - to be disbursed as per the overall work plan
- Travel costs - to be disbursed quarterly to beneficiaries and supervisors
- Infrastructure costs - to be disbursed based on mutually agreed mode between ACTS and beneficiary University
